Dream Team Virtual Sports - Sports Deck 2017 Thread Part 2

Milchcow wrote:

Upgrading Taupau, could  be useful.

Or giving yourself a better WFB/CTR option to cover for Munster (although not sure who would be the best bet)

Thanks. Thinking about either Croker or Aubusson as i can reach either with one trade from Hayne or Walker.

Milchcow wrote:
McCullough -> McInnes
or
McCullough - Friend

With the timing of games this weekend I have to decide before Friend's playing status is confirmed.
What would you guys do?

Friend for me. Much more potential to go large which is what you need.

Still undecided on McCullough trade.

Most above me have McInnes - so would mostly be insurance against him going large if I got him.

if Friend was definitely fit and playing I'd get him. Might wait a week, and bring Friend in next week - assuming he will stay in price range

The other consideration is that if my main goal now is to concede 1st is too far away, and just try to stay top 10, then McInnes is probably a good move

Milchcow wrote:
Still undecided on McCullough trade.

Most above me have McInnes - so would mostly be insurance against him going large if I got him.

if Friend was definitely fit and playing I'd get him. Might wait a week, and bring Friend in next week - assuming he will stay in price range

Friend now confirmed out - dropped off the Roosters extended bench.

jelejasof wrote:

Friend now confirmed out   - dropped off the Roosters extended bench.

I was getting Friend this week for McCullough. Will wait till next week now..............

Took a punt with brown this week pretty happy with 79 hoping some of the people in front went gallen. This thread has gone dead with so many of us in with a chance of a top ten finish

Good work. I had him as a vice, JDB is my captain

A nice round 1000 this week. Don't think I want updates.

946 this week.

Sitting at 11 and doubt that will be enough to get me back into the top 10.

Just have to keep going and hope for the best

968, got me another 3 spots. Now sitting at 48.

Running low on steam...

I snuck into the top 10, at the expense of R&T, who had slipped to 11

Ranked 93rd here. Hoping to stay in the top 100 in my first season back since 2012.

Snuck deeper into the top 200 now at 170, but with the likes of Milf joining next year I'm on the precipice of losing L1 status

4 trades left. 199k in the bank. Thoughts on what I can do here to improve my team? I'm definitely making 2 trades this week because why the hell not?

Smith
JDB, Vaughan
Gallen, Mannering, Taumalolo
Cleary, Walker
Crichton, J. Thompson
Roberts, Trbojevic, Edwards

4 reserves are McInnes, Surgess, Brown and Taupau.
Leftovers are Twal, Lane, SJ, Frawley, Fuimaono, L. Brown, Whare and Dufty.

I was thinking SJ > Pearce/ DCE and bench Walker but not sure on the other trade. Maybe I should bring Teddy/Rapana/Munster in and bench one of my WFB's? Or maybe bring someone like Gillett in whose been in great form of late? I can get JTurbo but his form has been off a bit lately.

MilfordTheMagician wrote:4 trades left. 199k in the bank. Thoughts on what I can do here to improve my team? I'm definitely making 2 trades this week because why the hell not?

Smith
JDB, Vaughan
Gallen, Mannering, Taumalolo
Cleary, Walker
Crichton, J. Thompson
Roberts, Trbojevic, Edwards

4 reserves are McInnes, Surgess, Brown and Taupau.
Leftovers are Twal, Lane, SJ, Frawley, Fuimaono, L. Brown, Whare and Dufty.

I was thinking SJ > Pearce/ DCE and bench Walker but not sure on the other trade. Maybe I should bring Teddy/Rapana/Munster in and bench one of my WFB's? Or maybe bring someone like Gillett in whose been in great form of late? I can get JTurbo but his form has been off a bit lately.

Bit of a lottery with WFBs. Whoever you bring in could score badly and brilliantly with not much logic in between.

I'd upgrade Taupau as your fourth reserve. That's what I'm planning to do this week.

jelejasof wrote:

Bit of a lottery with WFBs.  Whoever you bring in could score badly and brilliantly with not much logic in between.

I'd upgrade Taupau as your fourth reserve.  That's what I'm planning to do this week.

Yeah I was thinking Taupau but I also have the Surgess problem. He's playing injured and has come off the field and not come back on 2 of the past 3 weeks because of his ribs. I'm just not sure which FRF/2RF is the best to bring in since I have most of the best ones and JTurbo/Papalii's form hasn't been great lately.

Hoping SJ gets named this week tired of playing Reynolds

manlybeaver wrote:Hoping SJ gets named this week tired of playing Reynolds

Congrats mate, you are killing it right now. Good luck for the final few rounds!

Im all out of options in my team and my choices of captains, PODs and starters has been both poor and unlucky. Im slipping back in the ladder round after round. Good learning curve though.

Looking forward to having another crack next year and if luck goes my way I may even nab a top 10 spot still.

Currently worked my way up to 78th so hopefully I can finish in top 50.

I've actually done really well over the last 5 round (except for 1 round).

R19: 1,029
R20: 1,025
R21: 844
R22: 1,004
R23: 996

Got knocked out of the eliminator in R21 and that was the round CSmith was in doubt but scored 100.